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1. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection

Description

1. 32.1 linear feet (77 boxes, 1 oversized folder)

Summary

1. The Butler, Huntington, Smith, Cooke, and Clinch families were united through intermarriage and included prominent lawyers, architects, doctors, judges, politicians, scientists, and land owners hailing from New York City, Long Island, Boston, Cambridge, Lowell, Marblehead, Stockbridge and Worcester, Massachusetts. This collection spans multiple generations and consists of mostly 19th and 20th century family correspondence, financial and legal documents, diaries, writings, scrapbooks, personal miscellany, photographs and genealogical research. The papers reflect the personal, social, economic, and professional histories of these related families.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

Subject

1. Butler, Charles
2. Butler, Charles Edwards, 1818-1897
3. Butler, Lawrence, 1908-1988
4. Haight, Sarah Rogers
5. McKim, Charles Follen, 1847-1909
6. Stewart, Alexander Turney, 1803-1876
7. White, Stanford, 1853-1906
8. McKim, Mead & White
9. Real property -- Massachusetts
10. Real property -- New York (State) -- Long Island
11. Real property -- New York (State) -- New York
12. Europe -- Description and travel
13. Lowell (Mass.)
14. Massachusetts -- Genealogy
15. Massachusetts -- Social conditions -- 19th century
16. New York (State) -- Genealogy
17. New York (State) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
18. New York (State) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century

Genre/Form

1. Account books.
2. Architectural drawings.
3. Commonplace books.
4. Deeds.
5. Diaries.
6. Ledgers.

Call number

1. MssCol NYGB 18243

Language

1. English

Access (note)

1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref

Source (note)

1. Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. The New York Historical Society.
2. The Archives of the Episcopal Church, Austin, Texas.

Provenance (note)

1. The letters and documents in this collection were acquired by Madge Huntington Cooper from her father William Reed Huntington II's possessions in 1987. She donated them to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society in 1989. A few additional items were donated by the family after the initial acquisition.

Title

1. Butler-Huntington-Smith family papers, 1734-1991 (bulk 1810-1940).

Restricted access

1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref

Location of other archival materials

1. Stanford White Papers; The New York Historical Society.
2. William Reed Huntington papers; The Archives of the Episcopal Church, Austin, Texas.

Finding aids

1. Collection guide available online and in repository.

Provenance

1. The letters and documents in this collection were acquired by Madge Huntington Cooper from her father William Reed Huntington II's possessions in 1987. She donated them to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society in 1989. A few additional items were donated by the family after the initial acquisition.

Source

1. Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2008.

Connect to:

1. Collection guide

Occupation

1. Architects.
2. Doctors.
3. Lawyers

Added author

1. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.

Research call number

1. MssCol NYGB 18243